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CVE-2019-1821 Public exploit High · 8.8 EPSS 98.1%

Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Evolved Programmable Network Manager Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Cisco · Cisco Prime Infrastructure

Summary

A flaw in the web-based management interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Cisco Evolved Programmable Network (EPN) Manager stems from improper validation of user-supplied input. An authenticated remote attacker who uploads a malicious file to the administrative web interface can execute code with root-level privileges on the underlying operating system, requiring only low-privileged credentials and no user interaction.

Official description · CVE.org

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure (PI) and Cisco Evolved Programmable Network (EPN) Manager could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute code with root-level privileges on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability exist because the software improperly validates user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a malicious file to the administrative web interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute code with root-level privileges on the underlying operating system.

Breakdown
67.5 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in VulnCheck KEV
Reports
0
Tactics
0/15

First seen exploited 5 years after disclosure. Public exploit code (Metasploit) was available 1 day before disclosure.

  1. Public exploit codeMetasploit1 day before
  2. Disclosedday 0
  3. First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence+5 yrs

techniques

No techniques linked

No ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.

What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 3 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

Pulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.

References

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